Archive: Excessive Napping Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Men
Excessive napping may be an early warning sign of age-related cognitive decline in older men, according to a 12-year study by UC San Francisco scientists.
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Archive: Women Denied Abortions May Endure Long-term Health Consequences
Women who were denied abortions reported higher rates of joint pain, persistent headaches and migraines, and poorer overall health five years later, compared to women able to obtain abortions.
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Archive: Targeting the Microbiome Could Improve Parkinson’s Therapy
Research identifies enzymes produced by two different bacterial species that work together to digest L-Dopa in the human gut. Blocking one of these bacterial enzymes could significantly boost the drug’s efficacy in these patients.
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Archive: New CRISPR Lab to Accelerate Drug Discovery, Advance Genomic Research
The Laboratory for Genomic Research represents a novel hybrid model that brings together industrial and academic researchers under a single roof working on projects both together and independently.
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Archive: Scientists Slow Progression of Debilitating Neurodegenerative Disorder
An international study may offer hope to people with a rare and debilitating genetic disorder, PKAN, as well as a potentially new approach to treat other neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
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Archive: Superfast Gene Sequencing Helps Diagnose Critically Ill Patients
Pioneering test called metagenomic next-generation sequencing shown to identify infections better than any standard clinical method.
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Archive: I’m a geriatrician. There’s no clear age that is ‘too old’ to be president.
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Archive: Immunotherapy Delays Type 1 Diabetes Onset in People at High Risk
A two-week course of an experimental immunotherapy called teplizumab dramatically reduced type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis rates in people at high risk for the disease, according to newly published
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Archive: Celebrating 20 Years of the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research
The program, supported by philanthropists Herb and Marion Sandler, funds ideas that challenge generally-accepted theories and have potentially transformative effects.
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Archive: Teen boys' eating disorders may focus on muscles, not weight loss
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Archive: Red and White Meats Are Equally Bad for Cholesterol
Consuming high levels of red meat or white poultry resulted in higher blood cholesterol levels than consuming a comparable amount of plant proteins.
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Archive: A Little Formula in First Days of Life May Not Impact Breastfeeding at 6 Months
A study has lodged a new kink in the breastfeeding dilemma that adds to the angst of exhausted new parents: While most newborns lose weight in the first days of life, do you or don’t you offer a
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Archive: Algorithm that Tailors Digital Meditation Program Improves Attention and Memory
The intervention, an app called MediTrain, uses a closed-loop algorithm that tailors the length of meditation sessions to the abilities of the participants.
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Archive: Psychedelics, long ignored by scientists, seeing resurgence in medical research
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Archive: Blood Pressure and Glucose Control May Prevent Common Arrhythmia
Blood-pressure and glucose control may be effective in preventing heart block, a common form of arrhythmia, and the subsequent need for a pacemaker.
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Archive: Mobile App With Activity Tracker Promotes Physical Activity in Women
The UCSF study examined whether a mobile phone physical activity app combined with brief, in-person counseling increased and maintained levels of physical activity
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Archive: As More States Restrict Abortions, Research Points to Negative Health Outcomes for Women, Families
A renewed push by several states to restrict access to abortions could have negative consequences for the health and well-being of women, as well as their children, research has shown.
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Archive: CRISPR Fingers Drug-Resistant Microbes in a ‘FLASH’
A research team led by scientists at UC San Francisco and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has developed a new CRISPR-based diagnostic tool, dubbed FLASH, that can rapidly identify any drug-resistant
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Archive: Gold Standard Asthma Treatment May Not Be Effective for Most Patients with Mild Asthma
A routinely prescribed asthma-controller medication may not work any better than placebo for more than half of all patients who use it.
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Archive: Is Time More Important Than Money for Worker Well-Being?
An estimated 10 percent of U.S. jobs are in the service sector, where shift work and unstable work hours are common.
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Archive: Doctors see bright future for augmented sight
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Archive: What Does the Microbiome Have to Do with Stress and Depression?
UCSF researchers are exploring whether less diverse or unbalanced microbiome early in life can have lasting effects on a child’s reactions to stress or their risk for depression.
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Archive: How the Mental Health Community Is Bracing for the Impact of Climate Change
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Archive: Brain Changes in Autism Traced to Specific Cell Types
Changes in gene activity in specific brain cells are associated with the severity of autism in children and young adults with the disorder.
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Archive: You Might Have Sunscreen In Your Blood - But Don't Freak Out Just Yet
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Archive: Artificial Intelligence Could Vastly Scale Up Alzheimer’s Research
Researchers have found a way to teach a computer to precisely detect one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease in human brain tissue.
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Archive: UCSF study on marijuana legalization finds uptick in drug abuse, decrease in chronic pain reports
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Archive: Legal Marijuana Reduces Chronic Pain, But Increases Injuries and Car Accidents
The legalization of recreational marijuana is associated with an increase in its abuse, injury due to overdoses, and car accidents, but does not significantly change health care use overall.
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Archive: Why It's Time For Entrepreneurs To Eliminate The Stigma Around Mental Health
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Archive: Training Computers to Think More Like Scientists
Chuang and Keiser have shown how machine learning could lead scientists astray and how scientists might, in the future, avoid some of the pitfalls of training computers to be scientists.